Car-seat.



PATENTED JAN. 23, 1906 A. OSTEANDBR.

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9% Allen E Oshrander UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN E, OSilRANDE-R, OF PATERSON, 'NEV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN OAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF Si. LOU TS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION NEW JERSEY. i 1

OAR-SEAT.

No. e1o,55s.

, Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan 23, 1906.-

' Application filed July 26, 1905. Serial Ho. 271,342.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN E. Osrnlirmnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Paterson, Passaic county, New Jersey, have'invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Oar-Seats,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a car-seat constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a disassociated view of the several parts of which the car-seat is constructed. Fig. 3 is an elevational'view of the bracing angles. Fig. 4 is a disconnected view of the gusset plate car side and one of the crossbearers; and Fig. 5 isa view in elevation of the car-seat next to the car side.

' This invention relates to car-seats; and one of the objects thereof is'to provide a car-seat preferably formed of metal and so combined with the car-body as to increase the strength thereof and obviate the necessity of bracing,

owing to the fact that part of the car-seat structure may be utilized for this purpose.

In the form illustrated in the drawings, 1

indicates one of anurnher of cross-bearers in the form of channels, which extend from side sill to side sill, and 2 indicates one of the side sills, each of which comprises an angle having .its horizontal flange inwardly disposed and its vertical flange outwardly disposed. The verticals of the side posts 3, as well as the cripple-posts under the windows, are connected to the cross-bearers andsupport the plate-girder sides 4 of the car.

5 designates a gusset which is riveted along one vertical edge to one of the posts 3, which posts may consist of two angles riveted together and which has its lower edge extending below the floor and fast to the cross-bearer 1 by any suitable means, as by rivets 6, which pass through sa1dcross-bearer, gusset,

and an angle 7, the horizontal flange of said angle in combination with the top flange of the channel forming a. floor-support. At the inner edge, or at theedge inearest'the center of the car, the gusset isconnecte'd to. the out+ standing flanges 8v and 9 of the vertical standard comprising the pressed-steel seat ends 10 and. 11]. .'lhese' flanges 8 and Snare spaced gusset, so that the gusset rnay be interposed between them and secured rivets. The edges of the standard are inclined toward each other in an upward direction, or, in other words, have a tendency to converge upwardly angle of inclination corresponding to the angle of inclination of the. backs oi the seat, it being understood that the device preferably a twin-seated construction having double back. Riveted along the inclined edges of said standard are angles 12 and 13. These angles extend beyond the' upper extremities of the flanges on the seat-front and consist of one or more pieces, which extend across the back of the seat and down on the side next to the carwall, and they are riveted together at the top and form the support for the seat-back cushion. A top cover-plate 15 rests upon the top flanges 14 and is bent downwardly overthe sideof the vertical standard to form a cover portion 16, overlapping the joint made by the connection of the parts 10 and 1 1, so as to provide a finish for the seat. The lower ends of the angles 12 and 13 are connected to the, angles 17, which are supported bywthe standard and the car side, the horizontal flange of each angle 17 resting upon the horizontal rib 18 of each casting 19. The castings 19 are oppositely disposed and are connected to the respective members 10 and 11 by the arms 20 and 21, and the front portions of each seat are connected by the angles 22, which are riveted to the ribs 18 and to the sides of the car. The skeleton structure thus set up may be filled in with cross bars or sheets, so

apart a distance equal to the thickness of the as to receive the seat-cushions 23 and the back-cushions '24, or the cushions may rest directly upon the angles 17 and 22, being kept in placeby stops on the bottom of the cushion-frame. At the side of the car the gusset is provided with angles 25' and '26,-

ha ing oppositely-disposed fianges 27 and 28, which support angles 29 and 30, to which the angles 22 are secured, and the angles 17' are connected to angles 12 and 13, respecrootively, which angles 12" and 13" are fastened The upper portions also screwed to thewood furring-strips conjilected to the sides of the car.

It will he observed that the car-seat will be rigid, light, and durable, and the arrangement of the strengthenin parts, such as the seat with the bracing-gussets as heretofore.

described. the ordinary center sills for the un-' deriramging may be dispensed with. However, the construction herein disclosed might also be utilised. a car having center sills.

Having thus described the ention, what claimed as new,.and desired besecured by Letters Patent, is

' 1'. Ina car-seat, the combinatic with the ros'sbearers' of the' uriderfi'aming and"t 'ie, I sides ot a car, ofa'gusset-secured t, lhe side- .wof th-ecar' and extending down ale? thercresabearer, fastening devices extending through said gusset and cross-bearer astand j. ardlfastened to one endof the guss eaa seatzen support. donnected to said'standard', aokctshion .supiport connected to said,

standard and to sa1 seat-cushionsup ort, a'- connection between sa1d'seat-eu's ion.

.iuppgort and the side'of-the car; substantially cross-bearers .an'd verticalposts, gi ssets se a'sldescribed. L. The combination with the und'erf-raming-of near and the car side, of brac'es,.con nected to the car side'and extending below the floorfconnec'ting devices extending .ilhi fiugh the underfraniing and the braces below the floor of the car, a standard 'connected to one of braces distant from the side of the can, a' connection between 'the nip ,per portion of the standard and -the'car si e; a seat-cushion supportsecured to the standhrd, and a connection between the seatushion support and the side of the car; sub

stantially as described.

- 3. In a car, the combination with channel ibrossbearers and plate-girder sides, of a gusset riveted to the late-girdersides and ex- 1 tending down besi e one of the cross-bearers,

connecting devices extending through said crossbear erand gusset below the floor of the car, a standard carried by said gusset and seat portion and back portion of the car-sat ide 'of distant from the side, means i. supporting a 50 seat-cushronand connected to said standard, and connectlons between the standard and seat-cushion support and the plate-girder side; substantial y as described.

4. In a railway-car, the combination with 5 5 channel cross-bearers extending from side sill to side sill, posts carried by the side sill and cross-bearers, a usset riveted to the posts and. extending own alongside of one of the cross-bearers, fastening devices ex- 60 tending thr ugh said gusset and cross-bearer below the p'or of the car, a standard con nected to the gusset, and means connected to thestandard and-car side for supporting a.

substantially as described.

5. In a railway-car, the combination with acrossbearer and upstanding osts, a gusset,

connected to one of the upstan ing osts and an adjacent cross-bearer, a stan ard com prising .a plurality of parts 10 and 11 provided with parallel flanges, means for securing one edge of the gusset between said flanges, andconnectioris between said standard andjtlie car side; substantially as described. o

.6. In a railway-car, the combinatipn with cured to .the sides ;of the car andextending below the floor of the car, connecting devices extending throu h said gussets and adjacent cross-bearers below the floor of the car, a standard secured to one eige of one of the issets and having upw rdly-converging ilang'es, oppositelydisposed seat cushion supports connected to .said standard, connections betweenthe' converging flanges of the standard and the side. of the car, and connections between the seat-cushion supports and the side of the car; substantially.as' described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affirgmy signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 21st day of July, 1905.,

ALLEN E.-OST h.ANDERb Witnesses:

C. A. GRAHAM, R'oBT. G. JEFFERY. 

